CaMKII in Cardiac Health and Disease

• Main Author: Andrew G Edwards (auth)
• Other Authors: Donald M Bers (auth), Eleonora Grandi (auth), Anthony W Herren (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Phosphorylation; Ion Channels; Calcium; arrhythmia; Heart Failure; Hypertrophy
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The calcium-calmodulin dependent protein kinases (CaMKs) are a broadly expressed family of calcium-sensitive intracellular kinases, which are responsible for transducing cytosolic calcium signals into phosphorylation-based regulation of proteins and physiological functions. As the multifunctional me...